CANBERRA, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A senior member of the Australian government has been accused of an historical rape, dating back to the 1980s.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) were yesterday notified of a letter, sent anonymously to Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and senior members of the Labour and Greens parties, Penny Wong and Sarah Hanson-Young, urging the prime minister to take urgent action to investigate the alleged incident.
The letter included allegations from a now-deceased woman, that she was raped at the age of 16 in 1988, by a current minister, from the Morrison government, who has not been publicly named.
The New South Wales (NSW) Police said, the alleged victim reported the incident in Feb, 2020, and triggered an investigation.
Four months later she told the police that she no longer wished to pursue the complaint, before she took her own life the next day.
Hanson-Young said, the letter detailed “a disturbing and a very serious allegation of a criminal nature, against a senior member of the government,” according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Sharman Stone, a former Liberal minister, urged the government to investigate the rape allegations, saying, she hoped the woman’s death was not “in vain.”– NNN-AGENCIES
